Universal Monster Army

Showcase your horror and science fiction trading cards here!

I'll start with nine of my "Funny Monsters" cards.  This is a 66 card set that was issued several weeks before Halloween in 1959. It features artwork by the incomparable Jack Davis and is also known as "You'll Die Laughing" from the tagline on the back of each card.

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/YoullDieLaughingcards.jpg)

I also have the five cent wrapper:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/YoullDieLaughing.jpg)

But not the box:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Youll.jpg)

I have those 1973 You'll Die Laughing Cards from my childhood.  It's funny now how badly some of those superimposed heads are on.

BK

Here I've asked The MAN to hold up for display the binder containing my 1961 Spook Stories cards, which were the very first monster cards I ever collected:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SpookStories.jpg)

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I'm working on building a set of those.  I have the low number set and am working on the high #.  Great cards!

BK

 

 Sweet, I remember the Monster Times newspaper showcasing those Mars Attacks cards back in the Seventies.  Always loved the graphics on those.

Here are a couple of shots on the Terror Tales set from 1967 that I'm still working to complete.

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/TerrorTales.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/TerrorTales2.jpg)

The front features images with a sickly greenish tinge from American International Productions releases while the backs are done up in a fine deep pink colour which contrasts splendidly with the fronts. It's a tough set to complete though.

cl:)

Here's a pic of the binder containing my Topps Shock Theater and Shock Theatre cards. The fifty card set was first tested in limited distribution Stateside in 1976, and then released with markedly different pictures and completely different captions in the U.K.!

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HammerDracula.jpg)

cl:)

Many different Hammer Films were featured. The cards are fabulous - but they're tough to find on this side of the Atlantic since the Theater set's distribution was very limited and the Theatre set was a U.K. issue.

cl:)

Here's the pic of the binder with my Mars Attacks cards and Lost in Space wrappers again:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MarsAttacks.jpg)

I have less than a dozen of the Mars Attacks cards but I have all four variants of the Lost in Space wrapper.

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Quote from: Hepcat on April 17, 2011, 09:59:22 AM
Here's the pic of the binder with my Mars Attacks cards and Lost in Space wrappers again:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MarsAttacks.jpg)

I have less than a dozen of the Mars Attacks cards but I have all four variants of the Lost in Space wrapper.

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wow! these are really cool!

Here are my Oute Limits cards and wrappers:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimitsCards.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimitswrappers.jpg)

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Here's an excellent website devoted to monster and horror trading cards:

Monster Cards of Yesterday (http://www.horrorcards.org/)

cl:)

I've got some 1964 Outer Limits, some 1965 Ugly Stickers, some 1969 Dark Shadows cards, a complete set of 1969 Planet of the Apes cards and some various others packed away. Here's some of my 1961 Horror Monster cards...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/sc031d2573.jpg)

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/sc031d117b.jpg)

Or: http://www.normansaunders.com/Ugly%2C01.html (http://www.normansaunders.com/Ugly%2C01.html)

Quote from: Monolith on April 21, 2011, 01:40:07 PMHere's some of my 1961 Horror Monster cards...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/sc031d2573.jpg)

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/sc031d117b.jpg)

I only became aware of those Horror Monster cards in more recent years from seeing them in catalogues. They weren't distributed in my neck of the woods which was O-Pee-Chee(Topps) country.

:-\

Quote from: CreepysFan on April 21, 2011, 01:48:45 PM

   

  Groovy cards Monolith, I especially like the Cyclops.  If you can find them, post some of the Ugly Stickers, they had some really wicked illustrations. 

The Ugly Stickers do have fantastic artwork, thanks to Basil Wolverton, Wally Wood and Norman Saunders. I'll post a few if I come across them, although
you can see all of them at the link MDG posted above. Thanks MDG--that Norman Saunders website is great! He has such a great and impressive body of work, I was seeing and admiring his artwork long before I ever knew his name.

Hepcat---I also only more recently learned of the Horror Monster cards.

I also like the covers Norm Saunders did for paperbacks and men's sweat magazines:

Men's Adventure Covers (http://www.normansaunders.com/MnsAdv1.html)

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Topps issued this wonderful 88 card Space card set in 1957:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SpaceCards-1.jpg)

It was also made available in backs labelled Target: Moon in 1958. Both backs were blue but I've never come across an adequate explanation of why the set came out under two titles.

Half the set was reissued under the Target: Moon title in Topps Fun Packs in 1967-68 but with backs variously termed pink or salmon. These are quite tough to find.

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Quote from: Hepcat on April 22, 2011, 06:57:09 PM
I also like the covers Norm Saunders did for paperbacks and men's sweat magazines:

Men's Adventure Covers (http://www.normansaunders.com/MnsAdv1.html)

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Me too. They're great! I remember when I was a kid my parents would drive to the next town over and take me to this barber shop. While I was waiting
I would look through the stack of magazines which included men's mags with Norman Saunders covers. I felt like I was looking into the forbidden world of adults. Although I didn't know who the artist was at the time I loved the covers and still do.

That's drool worthy stuff, Hepcat! Love the wrappers. The Spook Stories cards were a huge part of my Monster Kid past. I remember buying dozens of those packs. Do you have any of the stickers? My first posts on the UMA consisted of my obsessively meticulous reproductions of those, via PhotoShop painting. I'll see if I can rustle up some of those...

Quote from: Monolith on April 26, 2011, 07:36:04 PMWhile I was waiting
I would look through the stack of magazines which included men's mags with Norman Saunders covers.... Although I didn't know who the artist was at the time I loved the covers and still do.

Norm's first job for Topps was in 1962. He was asked to do a few of the Civil War cards which led to him being asked to ink over the rest of the cards started by other artists. Here's a scan of nine of mine:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/CivilWarNewscards.jpg)

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You inspired me to look through some of my ephemera. I'd forgotten I had these wrappers. Man, I'd love a Spook Stories wrapper.

(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/6486/wrappers1.jpg)

Quote from: dlhenderson on April 26, 2011, 07:54:54 PM
The Spook Stories cards were a huge part of my Monster Kid past. I remember buying dozens of those packs. Do you have any of the stickers?

I only have nine of the stickers. I just counted them. They're a bitch to find.

Quote from: dlhenderson on April 26, 2011, 08:25:48 PM
Man, I'd love a Spook Stories wrapper.

I have both an orange and a purple Spook Theatre wrapper as well as a purple Son of Spook Theatre wrapper. I'll try to scan some of these items over the course of the next week or so.

cl:)

When I think of all those wrappers I tossed! Sigh!
Here are some of the great Insult Postcards by Wally Wood and Dan Adkins (you can see their names on the tombstones on one of the cards). These are the ones I bought as a kid. Enjoy!
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3421/insult4uma1.jpg)
(http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/4143/insult4uma3.jpg)
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8558/insult4uma5.jpg)
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4763/insult4uma2.jpg)

The Insult Postcards are a fantastic set! Great artwork! I'm still looking for the wrapper.

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These are the "apparition" cards from the early 60's game "Alfred Hitchcock presents WHY".
More of a curiosity than real monster stuff...

(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2626/whyhitchgamecardsuma1.jpg)

Quote from: MonolithI felt like I was looking into the forbidden world of adults.

Well then now that you're an adult you might want to look into these two great books that are about the artwork found in men's adventure magazines with that of Norm Saunders prominently featured including on the cover:





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Quote from: dlhenderson on April 27, 2011, 01:48:36 PM
These are the "apparition" cards from the early 60's game "Alfred Hitchcock presents WHY".
More of a curiosity than real monster stuff...

(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2626/whyhitchgamecardsuma1.jpg)

Those are really neat! Love that cartoony style!

Hepcat--- I have the IT'S A MAN'S WORLD book, it's fantastic. Don't have the other one yet, though.

Here are some old Supermonstruos Cards from South America:
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/actionplus/supermonstruos2.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/actionplus/supermonstruos3.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/actionplus/supermonstruos4.jpg)

Wow! Those South American cards are really great!

I've always lusted after those green bordered Horror Monster cards. Never snagged any though. :/

I've got a bunch of these Toho monster cards. They're small and printed on thick card stock. I think they're from the '80's.

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3705.jpg)

They came in paper envelopes that look like this...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3706.jpg)

Quote from: Monolith on May 15, 2011, 02:30:21 AM
I've got a bunch of these Toho monster cards. They're small and printed on thick card stock. I think they're from the '80's.

They came in paper envelopes that look like this...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3706.jpg)

I'm assuming these were marketed to kids and sold in the Japanese version of convenience stores. Was a complete set included in each envelope? If not, how many came in an envelope? Did they have numbers on the back? 

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They only came with three cards per envelope. On the back is writing all in Japanese. I can't remember if they are numbered or not, I'll have to check.

Here are a couple up close scans of a few of my Outer Limits cards:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimitscards1.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimits2.jpg)

cl:)

I love those Outer Limits cards! I have a few originals, too.

By "originals" do you mean the original art?

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Quote from: dlhenderson on April 26, 2011, 07:54:54 PMThe Spook Stories cards were a huge part of my Monster Kid past. I remember buying dozens of those packs. Do you have any of the stickers? My first posts on the UMA consisted of my obsessively meticulous reproductions of those, via PhotoShop painting. I'll see if I can rustle up some of those...

Here then are more detailed scans of some of my Spook Stories cards, stickers and wrappers:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Spooktheatrefront.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SpookTheatreback.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SpookTheatrestickers.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SpookTheatrewrappers.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SonofSpookwrapper.jpg)

The Spook Stories were the first non-sport cards I collected aggressively as a kid.

It's amazing how those stickers still get my dander up. It was so exciting as an 11 year old, opening those packs to find the goodies.
Here are some of my obsessively repainted images. I worked primarily from eBay screen shots and a couple of other sources (including tiny black & white scans from a book on non-sports cards from the '80's). That book was all I had prior to the internet; the colorful images were only in my dreams (and as you said practically impossible to find). I used to get blank stares when I asked dealers at various conventions if they had any of the stickers. :/

(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8281/spookstickeruma5if9.jpg) (http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7932/spookstickeruma4vn7.jpg) (http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2926/spooksticker4uma34sa7.jpg)

Great likenesses!

Quote from: dlhenderson on May 17, 2011, 02:39:18 PM
I worked primarily from eBay screen shots and a couple of other sources (including tiny black & white scans from a book on non-sports cards from the '80's). That book was all I had prior to the internet;

That would be this book I'm guessing:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ABenjamin.jpg)

Quote from: dlhenderson on May 17, 2011, 02:39:18 PM(and as you said practically impossible to find).

Those nine are the only ones I have.

Quote from: dlhenderson on May 17, 2011, 02:39:18 PM
I used to get blank stares when I asked dealers at various conventions if they had any of the stickers.

I'm used to getting blank stares from dealers when it comes to much that I collect.

;)

Similar book; green cover. Maybe an earlier edition.

  dlhenderson, awesome job reconstruction those sticker images.  Did you do them in the size of the originals, or make them larger ?   

The Photoshop files are considerably larger. One technique I used was to take a small scan from eBay (for instance) and make it like 600 dpi. Of course it was blurry, but the jaggies were gone. Then it was a matter of painting the image onto the fuzzy shape, essentially sharpening it and adding the missing detail. I printed out a set at the original card size. I showed 'em to my friend Bill Stout at DragonCon a couple of years ago and he was so taken by them that I just handed them over. Many people that I showed them to just didn't get it. The Spook Stories set must have had a fairly limited appeal back in the day, judging from the folks in my age bracket that showed no particular response. I remember the day, on the school bus, when I saw a kid with a stack of the cards. He was thumbing through them and I saw the green cyclops sticker. It nailed me. I clearly remember that moment. Like Brando's line in Apocalypse Now: : "...like I was shot through the forehead with a diamond"; I HAD to find these things. I think that's the moment I became a Monster Kid.

(http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1946/spookstickeruma2ek7.jpg) (http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3069/spookstickeruma1jb5.jpg) (http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/9717/spook4uma35xc1.jpg)

Quote from: Hepcat on May 17, 2011, 10:07:44 AM
By "originals" do you mean the original art?

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I wish. Didn't they recently re-print those? By "originals" I meant the cards from '64 not the recent reprints.

Quote from: dlhenderson on May 17, 2011, 09:37:34 PM
I remember the day, on the school bus, when I saw a kid with a stack of the cards. He was thumbing through them and I saw the green cyclops sticker. It nailed me. I clearly remember that moment. Like Brando's line in Apocalypse Now: : "...like I was shot through the forehead with a diamond"; I HAD to find these things. I think that's the moment I became a Monster Kid.

Very cool memory! I like that. It all started with the Spook Stories.

Quote from: dlhenderson on May 17, 2011, 09:37:34 PM
Many people that I showed them to just didn't get it. The Spook Stories set must have had a fairly limited appeal back in the day, judging from the folks in my age bracket that showed no particular response.

These cards also called to me very strongly from the first moment I laid eyes on them. And they were widely collected by other little boys my age as well. But unlike you I have absolutely no memory of the stickers. It's possible that the stickers weren't included in Canadian packs. but it's also possible that I dispensed of them as trash because I was buying the packs for the cards specifically.

:-\

Here are a couple of shots of my cigar box from back in the day (a bit worse for wear). I used to keep my Spook Stories cards in there; later a slot car. Now it contains some ephemera (old ticket stubs and the like). as you can see, it's adorned with some classic Ugly Stickers and one Munsters sticker on the inside lid. I was a compulsive drawer as a kid, so unfortunately Lily "got the treatment".

(http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/1820/cigar4uma2.jpg)
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/474/cigar4uma5.jpg)

Have you not tried to reaquire the cards you most loved as a kid?

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Here are some closeup scans of my 1967 Topps Terror Tales cards:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/TerrorTalesfront.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/TerrorTalesback.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/TerrorTaleswrapper.jpg)

I love the contrast between the fronts with their sickly greenish tinge and the bright pink backs. It's a very tough set to complete though.

cl:)

Quote from: Hepcat on May 18, 2011, 10:55:58 AM

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/TerrorTalesback.jpg)

For some reason, as a kid these "true" stories really scared me. I think I have 20 or so of these cards somewhere.

Quote from: CreepysFan on May 17, 2011, 04:32:06 PM

   

  I don't think there's a more satisfying feeling than retrieving something special from one's childhood.

I agree! That's why I was absolutely enthralled by this uncut sheet of space tattoos when I saw them hanging on the wall of a card shop eighteen years ago. They brought back an almost forgotten memory of these tattoos having been included in the boxes of Cracker Jack that were given out to kids as part of boodle bags at my father's company Xmas part for kids!

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/18-05-2011110242PM.jpg)

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I really like some of the cards in the Vampirella set depending upon the artist who did the rendering but I didn't think the model portraying Vampi at the time was right for the part because she was very clearly implanted.

:(

Topps in 1963 issued the 153 card Monster Laffs Midgees set. The cards though were only a third the size of regular cards as they were issued three cards to a 2 1/2" X 4 11/16" panel with each card separated by perforations that could be broken apart.

Later that same year Topps released 66 of the Midgees as standard size Monster Laffs cards. These cards seem to have been issued primarily for vending machine purposes as they were only packaged in generic wrappers. Here are front and back scans of some of mine:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/19-05-201180022PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/19-05-201180031PM.jpg)

cl:)

I was looking for this particular thread but couldn't find it. So, I posted these cards in the "Weekly Finds" thread, even though I've had them for a few years. this is where they properly belong: The Monsters Magic Action Trading Cards:

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2313/5740757780_7290dafef6_b.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/5740757712_da582b0cf3_b.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5740757384_f96705e4f0_b.jpg)

...and the back, which is the same on all 24 cards:

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5740757830_6faf821d95_z.jpg)

The set comes with one piece of clear ribbed plastic that you place over the card to make it "move".  I apologize for the duplication.

I don't actually have the clear ribbed plastic piece with my own set.

There's an interesting background story to the following cards from my collection. The cards were based on Hammer Horror Films and first released under the name Shock Theater when test marketed in the States in 1975:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ShockTheaterfront.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Shocktheaterback.jpg)

The set had two number 17 cards but no number 47 card. Some of the images were changed and most of the captions ended up being altered and the set was then released in the U.K. in 1976 under the name Shock Theatre. Both number 17 cards were changed to number 47.

#banghead#

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Shocktheatrefront.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ShockTheatreback.jpg)

cl:)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ShockTheatrewrapper.jpg)

Quote from: dlhenderson on May 18, 2011, 06:41:59 AM
Here are a couple of shots of my cigar box from back in the day (a bit worse for wear). I used to keep my Spook Stories cards in there; later a slot car. Now it contains some ephemera (old ticket stubs and the like). as you can see, it's adorned with some classic Ugly Stickers and one Munsters sticker on the inside lid. I was a compulsive drawer as a kid, so unfortunately Lily "got the treatment".

(http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/1820/cigar4uma2.jpg)
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/474/cigar4uma5.jpg)

Would love to see everthing in the cigar box! I kept concert ticket stubs too. The ticket prices back then seem unbelievable! Great stuff!

I have these too! These were and still are GREAT!!!

Quote from: TheHoldingCoat on May 24, 2011, 03:51:00 PM
I was looking for this particular thread but couldn't find it. So, I posted these cards in the "Weekly Finds" thread, even though I've had them for a few years. this is where they properly belong: The Monsters Magic Action Trading Cards:

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2313/5740757780_7290dafef6_b.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/5740757712_da582b0cf3_b.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5740757384_f96705e4f0_b.jpg)

...and the back, which is the same on all 24 cards:

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5740757830_6faf821d95_z.jpg)

The set comes with one piece of clear ribbed plastic that you place over the card to make it "move".  I apologize for the duplication.

Inkfink, here are some of the ticket stubs. The oldest is the dark green one (Cream, October 1968).

(http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/2623/4umaticketstubs.jpg)

Oh, and I found my old Creepy Fan Club card in there. Pretty worn out; I carried it around in my wallet (as if I was going to need it for something!).

(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2607/4umacreepycard.jpg)

That Creepy Fan Club card is still better than most of the junk we have to carry around in our wallets these days.

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I think you're right, Hepcat.

Wow!!!

Thanx so much, you guys, for all the really cool scans.

Do any of you folks know if anyone has scanned any of these old Monster Cards like Horror Monster 1961 Nu-Cards or Monster Laffs in decent rez?

Do you want a higher resolution scan of Monster laffs than the ones on this (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=13334.45) page?

And how about the Monster Cards of Yesterday (http://www.horrorcards.org/) website?

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I loved the Midgees. I still have a bunch of the Spook Stories, but somehow the Midgees got away (how do these things happen?). I never saw the green and orange bordered sets in Atlanta. I would have snapped them up if I'd eyed 'em. Those are faves and I'm always on the lookout for decent scans. Thanks again for posting the goods, y'all.

Didn't I see a ticket stub to the final concert of Cream.......you gotta be kiddin' me! Rock and Roll history 101........big-time!   Buddy

$4 to $5 bucks for concert! I'd pay $8 to see Pink Floyd! I guess $8 back then was big bucks!

At $8 concert tickets were not very expensive compared with LP prices which were $5-$6. In fact, the Rolling Stones drew criticism in 1969 for pricing tickets to their concerts at $4.50-$8.00 when LP prices were $4! Concert ticket prices have exploded since the late sixties. Just compare the price of tickets these days to the price of CDs at about $15.

:o

Here's another stub from the box.
The lineup: Amboy Dukes, Soft Machine, Vanilla Fudge, The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5779/4umahendrixstub.jpg)

Five bucks to see all four bands - jeez, I'd pay five bucks to see Jimi hendrix alone!

LOL!

I wasn't sure if I should post this here at the Cards section (its a greeting card) or in the Records section (its a record). Maybe I'll put it in both. There's no date on it, but its pretty cool looking; probably from the 1960's. Featuring the voice of Mel Blanc!

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/5812654234_0ea18f0797_b.jpg)

and here's the inside and back:

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2389/5812088531_f265ff789e_b.jpg)

"Plays over 500 times". I'm sure I haven't played it anywhere near that.

That's pretty cool Feep!! BTW, yes, I'm just calling you "Feep" from now on. "TheHoldingCoat" is just too long. Therefore, as the Minister Of Monikers, I dub thee "Feep". So let it be written, so let it be done.  ;)

Whatever you say, Sergeant Scatter.

Cool greeting card/record. They made a second one of those, too.

Quote from: poseablemonster on April 29, 2011, 04:04:56 PM
Here are some old Supermonstruos Cards from South America:
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/actionplus/supermonstruos2.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/actionplus/supermonstruos3.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/actionplus/supermonstruos4.jpg)

Andy, those are from Spain, not South American ;-) Very popular Monsters here.

Here are a few scans from my Leaf Munster card set:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-06-201125335PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-06-201125338PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-06-201165703PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-06-201165720PM.jpg)

cl:)

"The Munsters T.V. Theatre!" Great title for that card set. I had forgotten about those nice stickers, too. Thanks for sharing, Hepcat.

Here are a couple of scans from my Donruss Addams Family set:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-06-201165729PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-06-201165744PM.jpg)

cl:)

As much as I prefer The Addams Family to The Munsters (the shows, I mean), The Munsters cards have it all over the Addams cards, which are cluttered up with an ad for the show, copyright notice and instructions to collect all the cards to create a giant picture.

No to mention that puzzle backs are boring. Card companies did those just to save themselves the trouble of creating content for every separate card back. And the Addams Family set didn't have the cool stickers either.

>:(

Plus - as Hepcat says - those STICKERS!

Great memories! I collected the cards from both TV shows. Loved 'em both, but the Addams family cards always had the BEST gum...never stale, always soft with a different flavor than your average gum card sets featured back then.

Quote from: Gasport on June 29, 2011, 01:34:13 PM

... but the Addams family cards always had the BEST gum...never stale, always soft with a different flavor than your average gum card sets featured back then.

Super Bubble was the Donruss brand:

(http://www.nutsonline.com/images/items/05827l1.jpg)

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The best thing about this set released by Fleer in 1965 is actually the wrapper, although the cards themselves are pretty good:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Weird-Ohswrapper.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Weird-Ohscards.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Weird-Ohscards2.jpg)

The set sold well enough to spawn a sequel;

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BaseballWeird-Ohswrapper.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BaseballWeird-Ohs.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BaseballWeird-Ohs2.jpg)

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Nice. that original Weird-Oh's set was re-released recently, yes? Never saw the Baseball ones.

They've both been rereleased:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AWeird-Ohs.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AWeird-Ohs2.jpg)

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Cool! Thanks for the info and the images.

While not specifically monster card sets, plenty of monsters are featured in these three card sets:

1966 Donruss Marvel Super Heroes

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/25-08-201174301PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/25-08-201174304PM.jpg)

1975 Topps Comic Book Heroes Stickers

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/25-08-201174309PM.jpg)

The checklist card backs were also puzzle pieces:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/25-08-201174315PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/25-08-201174321PM.jpg)

1976 Topps Marvel Super Heroes Stickers

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/25-08-201174324PM.jpg)

The checklist card backs were also puzzle pieces:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/25-08-201174329PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/25-08-201174332PM.jpg)

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Very cool. I know I had some of those Donruss cards from 1966; don't think I had any of the others.

Here are scans of some of my Topps Space Cards from 1957 showing more of the detail:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Spacecards1.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SpaceCards2.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Spacewrapper.jpg)

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Oooh, those space cards are nice. Norman Saunders, maybe?

My friend Tim Ferrante was recently nice enough to send me a complete set of the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Trading Cards he published. Here are the first 7 of the set, along with Tim's own personal card.

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6133960208_685b80e3f4_z.jpg)

...and here's the backs of those same cards:

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6133960354_10c86af09f_z.jpg)

Quote from: TheHoldingCoat on September 10, 2011, 02:12:28 PM
Oooh, those space cards are nice. Norman Saunders, maybe?

No, not the Space cards. I believe Norm's first project with Topps was the Civil War cards in 1962.

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Nice, Hepcat. I've got a few of the space cards, but I've never seen the wrapper.

Here are scans from my Donruss Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea card set which was issued in 1964:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/23-10-201174740PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/15ece12a-f476-4ef1-b4c5-ea22a9c33bd7_zps300dfbae.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/23-10-201174747PM.jpg)

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Love the wrappers on these. I cringe at the dozens and dozens of wrappers I casually tossed back in the day (Spook Theater, Munsters, 007, Wally Wood's Insult cards, etc.)

Here are some original art sketch cards by me -- some for the monsterwax card sets, also some from Breygent's "Project Superpowers" set.  The rest are just ones I whipped up for convention sales.  Did some Vampirellas for Breygent, too -- but sold 'em....

http://terrybeatty.blogspot.com/2011/10/sketch-cards-are-go.html (http://terrybeatty.blogspot.com/2011/10/sketch-cards-are-go.html)

I wouldn't know where to start if I had to pick from your portfolio of sketches Terry.

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I have to agree with Hep Terry.

That's easy, guys!  Start with the ones that haven't sold yet!  Heh, heh heh!!!

Here are scans from my Topps Star Trek card set which was issued in 1976:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/23-10-201174715PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/23-10-201174720PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/23-10-201174726PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/23-10-201174729PM.jpg)

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Quote from: Hepcat on April 17, 2011, 09:59:22 AM
Here's the pic of the binder with my Mars Attacks cards and Lost in Space wrappers again:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MarsAttacks.jpg)

I have less than a dozen of the Mars Attacks cards but I have all four variants of the Lost in Space wrapper.

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I feel your pain I have round 25 Mars attacks cards and it's taking forever to get this far. One of these days I'll scan them in for you guys.

The Mars Attacks cards are what's called "demand scarce", meaning there are quite a few in existence but they're so popular with collectors that any offered at semi-reasonable prices are quickly snapped up.

The Mars Attacks cards weren't sold in my area when I was a kid. I was trick or treating on Halloween with two of my best buddies in 1963 or 1964 though when I was given one card in a generic wrapper. Opening it up we discovered the "Hairy Fiend" card from the Mars Attacks set. We were awestruck since we'd never seen any of the cards before and the card was absolutely wild! Without the wrapper, we failed to even figure out the name of the set despite the Mars Attacks title on the back!

Nonetheless, that "Hairy Fiend" card became the prize of our collection of 6500 or so cards. It wasn't until about thirty years ago that I figured out that our "Hairy Fiend" card was part of the notorious Mars Attacks set. I still don't have a "Hairy Fiend" card though!

cl:)

Quote from: Hepcat on April 06, 2012, 09:49:49 AM
The Mars Attacks cards are what's called "demand scarce", meaning there are quite a few in existence but they're so popular with collectors that any offered at semi-reasonable prices are quickly snapped up.

The Mars Attacks cards weren't sold in my area when I was a kid. I was trick or treating on Halloween with two of my best buddies in 1963 or 1964 though when I was given one card in a generic wrapper. Opening it up we discovered the "Hairy Fiend" card from the Mars Attacks set. We were awestruck since we'd never never seen any of the cards before and the card was absolutely wild! Without the wrapper, we failed to even figure out the name of the set despite the Mars Attacks title on the back!

Nonetheless, that "Hairy Fiend" card became the prize of our collection of 6500 or so cards. It wasn't until about thirty years ago that I figured out that our "Hairy Fiend" card was part of the notorious Mars Attacks set. I still don't have a "Hairy Fiend" card though!

cl:)

That's a awesome story and wish my story was as good. I happened to see mention of them in the early 90's in a magazine and was awe struck and been on the hunt ever since. Only in the last 10 years have I acquired any of them. And some of mine are in rough shape but love them all the same. And don't feel bad I don't have a "Hairy Fiend" either. I've tracked down most of the Martian cards cause they are the most sought after but need to stoke up on the bugs. The set is truely amazing though.

These 1960's monster greeting cards have Robert Crumb artwork on the front with a set-up, and a punchline and photo's on the back featuring
'60's monster masks and props.

Here's four fronts...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5097.jpg)

And here's the backs of those four with the punchlines...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5098.jpg)

Here's four more...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5094.jpg)

And here's their backs...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5095.jpg)

I have more of these if you want to see more.

I actually like the backs of those cards more than I do the fronts.

:-\

I must admit I like the backs more, too.

I don't think anyone posted these in this thread yet- The 15 monster cards that came in an unpunched sheet inside the DRACULA'S GREATEST HITS LP.
Sadly, I'm missing two from my set. I'm missing "the Honda monster" and "Weirdo the hot rod monster" I'll get them one day. Until then here they are...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5112.jpg)

Here's a few close-ups...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5122.jpg)

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5118.jpg)

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5121.jpg)

Isn't Jack Davis the best?
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5117.jpg)

Oh my! I like those! I'm a great fan of Jack Davis.

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Wow, classic Davis. A friend has a pile of those wacky plaks by Davis...cool...

And kind of related to the Jack Davis 15 Monster Fan Cards are these: 15 Hormel Monster Green Stamps. These were made in the '60's by Fred Rice Productions, the same Fred Rice who produced the Dracula's Greatest Hits LP. I don't know for sure but I suspect having monster cards in the LP might have been Fred Rice's idea and having these green stamps might've been his idea as well. The way you could get these back then was to join the
Shrimpenstein fan club and send in one dollar and you would get a membership card, a letter and these stamps. The Shrimpenstein TV show premiered in 1966 and was hosted by Gene Moss as a character named Dr. Rudolph Von Schtick. It was done in kind of a Soupy Sayles fashion and featured all kinds of monsters. These stamps are pretty hard to come by nowadays.

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_4805.jpg)

Here's the Shrimpenstein stamp. The Shrimpy puppet used on the show was made by Wah Chang who made props like the Tricorders and Tribbles for the original Star Trek show.

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_4803.jpg)

Here's Wilfred the wiener wolf...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_4801.jpg)





In this picture you can see how similar some of the Shrimpenstein Green stamps are to the Monster Fan cards that came in Dracula's Greatest Hits.
The Jack Davis "Surf Monster" is on the right and the Green Stamps  "Surf Monster" is on the left. I don't know who drew the green stamp images.

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5221.jpg)

The two "Zombie" cards are similar as well. The Jack Davis cards came out in 1964, the Green Stamps came out at least a couple of years after that.

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5223.jpg)

And the "Weirdo the Hot Rod Monster" on the left is similar to the "Weirdo" card in the Jack Davis set. The "Weirdo" card is one I am missing from my
Davis set.

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5226.jpg)

Here's a couple more...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5224.jpg)

And here's the host of SHRIMPENSTEIN  and two bats that were puppets on the show who would do funny musical numbers...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5225.jpg)

Give Me Some Time,,,I'll have to post some of my favorite cards... >:D

Here's my Frankenstein Comic Book Foldee made by Topps in 1966. Green Lantern is on the other side. The images were drawn by Wally Wood.

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_4937.jpg)

Wow, we had those as kids! I hadn't thought about those in years! Thanks for posting that!

I had some of them as a kid, too. They were fun. With this one you could fold it to make powerful bathing beauty, or beautiful Frankenstein, etc.
Here's the other side of that card...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_4938.jpg)

Here are scans from my own 1966 Topps Comic Book Foldees collection:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/19-05-201180056PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/19-05-201180101PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/19-05-201180105PM.jpg)

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Very nice Foldees!

With this Frankenstein foldee you can make Frankenstein the monster...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5100.jpg)

or Adolph Hitler...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5101.jpg)

or Blackbeard the Pirate...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5102.jpg)

or Blackbeard the Monster...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5106.jpg)

or Frankenstein the Pirate...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5105.jpg)

or Blackbeard Hitler...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5104.jpg)

or Adolph the Pirate...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5103.jpg)

Adolph the Monster...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5108.jpg)

Or Frankenstein Hitler...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5107.jpg)

Here's another Jack Davis...

front
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5239.jpg)

back
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_5240.jpg)

Yes! The Topps Funny Valentines cards are one of the most beloved items in my collection. They're not scarce, they're not expensive, but I remember them in the schoolyard and the Jack Davis artwork is just too cool!

The first set was issued in 1959:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FunnyValentineCards.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-10-201174941PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-10-201174949PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FunnyValentinesfive-cents.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FunnyValentinesone-cent.jpg)

Here is a photo of the original art to one of the Funny Valentine cards above:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/JackDavisOriginalArtwork.jpg)

The Funny Valentines A set was issued in 1960:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FunnyValentines.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FunnyValentineWrappers.jpg)


(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-10-201174955PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-10-201175000PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FunnyValentinesAwrappers.jpg)

The Giant Funny Valentines were issued in 1961 and then reissued in 1966. The 1961 cards have red-orange backs while the 1966 reissue has bright red backs. The 1966 reissue was also printed in both the U.S. and Canada. They're easy to differentiate because the U.S. version was printed on white card stock while the Canadian version was printed on grey card stock. The fine print on the back also tells you in which country the cards were printed.

U.S.A.

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-10-201175015PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-10-201175022PM.jpg)

Canada

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-10-201175004PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/26-10-201175010PM.jpg)

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I love the Jack Davis art on the Topps funny Valentines cards. I have a handfull of 'em and will probably collect more over the years.
my favorites are the ones with monsters on 'em, of course, but they're all great. Nice original art too, Hep. Thanks for posting those!

QuoteHere are some old Supermonstruos Cards from South America:

(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/actionplus/supermonstruos2.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/actionplus/supermonstruos3.jpg)
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd71/actionplus/supermonstruos4.jpg)

Interesting! I recognize La Bestia and Tigorr as members of DC Comics' Omega Men series from the 80s. Swamp Thing even joins in on the fun!!!

Finally here is some scans of my Mars Attacks Collection. I thought i had like 28 of them but looks like I have 20 so only 25 to go. Looks like I have a great deal of the key cards though. Really wish i had cards 1 and 55. I'm sure Hepcat will love seeing these.  :)

(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p173/fear-the-reaper/MymarsAttacks.jpg)





(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p173/fear-the-reaper/mymarsattacks2.jpg)

Quote from: horror1o1 on May 09, 2012, 09:58:00 AMI'm sure Hepcat will love seeing these.

Yes I do! And I can see that a lot of yours are in really nice shape too.

Quote from: horror1o1 on May 09, 2012, 09:58:00 AMI thought i had like 28 of them but looks like I have 20 so only 25 to go.... Really wish i had cards 1 and 55.

With 55 in the set you still need 35 of them.

Quote from: horror1o1 on May 09, 2012, 09:58:00 AMLooks like I have a great deal of the key cards though.

Yes you do. "Burning Flesh", "Beauty and the Beast", "Prize Captive" and "Destroying a Dog" are particularly coveted by collectors. The toughest and most expensive cards to find in nice condition though are the first card and the last card which is the checklist.

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Quote from: Hepcat on May 09, 2012, 10:26:35 AM
Yes I do! And I can see that a lot of yours are in really nice shape too.

With 55 in the set you still need 35 of them.

Yes you do. "Burning Flesh", "Beauty and the Beast", "Prize Captive" and "Destroying a Dog" are particularly coveted by collectors. The toughest and most expensive cards to find in nice condition though are the first card and the last card which is the checklist.

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Oops i meant to say 30. My mind isn't all the way here. I'm sick today and got woke up early. Most of the cards are pretty decent but the scanner can be a little forgiving. The "Prize captive " card is almost mint except it's miss cut. Looks straight out of 1962. Ya cards 1 and 55 i'm sure will be some of the last to find unless I get a deal.

Quote from: horror1o1 on May 09, 2012, 10:41:42 AM

Oops i meant to say 30. My mind isn't all the way here. I'm sick today and got woke up early. Most of the cards are pretty decent but the scanner can be a little forgiving. The "Prize captive " card is almost mint except it's miss cut. Looks straight out of 1962. Ya cards 1 and 55 i'm sure will be some of the last to find unless I get a deal.

Oops i meant to say 35.LOL! Told ya i was sick. Geez. ::)

I love those Mars Attacks cards!  I can't believe I don't have any of those after all these years.

Quote from: Monolith on May 10, 2012, 10:16:25 AM
I love those Mars Attacks cards!  I can't believe I don't have any of those after all these years.

I had known about them for about 15 years before I even got one of them and then i set on that one for years. Each year i try to ad at least a few to the set.

(http://home.comcast.net/~cougrr/cycles1.JPG)

Thanks Monolith and Hepcat for posting those Funny Valentine cards! Those were primordial for me. My older brother bought some of the first set (yea, 1959 sounds right) and the memory of those haunted me for decades. I swear every time I would walk by a candy or snack isle in a quick mart or whatever, I would catch myself glancing in the fleeting hope of spying those. Weird how something can snag your imagination like that. The bright colors caught the eye and the edgy irony caught the brain. Zombie In Luv

(http://home.comcast.net/~cougrr/cycles2.JPG)

Those cards were a Donruss issue from the seventies, were they not?

???

Yes Donruss Silly Cycles from the early 70s, a companion set to Odd Rods. I have the majority of the sets except for Fiends and Machines, the final set I believe which you could switch the monsters from car to car. I'll keep posting them, the empty spots are numbers I need LOL Oh yeah these are all decals much to the chagrin of my Mom back in the day!

Quote from: jimm on May 18, 2012, 10:39:40 PM...Fiends and Machines, the final set I believe which you could switch the monsters from car to car.

Cool concept! These Donruss sets came out about ten years after my time so I'm not as familiar with them as I am some earlier sets.

;)

(http://home.comcast.net/~cougrr/cycles3.JPG)

The rest of my silly cycles, odd rods later  8)

(http://home.comcast.net/~cougrr/cycles4.JPG)

(http://home.comcast.net/~cougrr/cycles5.JPG)

(http://home.comcast.net/~cougrr/cycles%206.JPG)

(http://home.comcast.net/~cougrr/cycles%207.JPG)

(http://home.comcast.net/~cougrr/cycles8.JPG)

Quote from: jimm on May 25, 2012, 09:19:05 AM
The rest of my silly cycles, odd rods later  8)

(http://home.comcast.net/~cougrr/cycles4.JPG)

Cool! The Mummy Machine!

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A box of unopened Funny Valentines just sold on Ebay for like $350. I was salivating over that but just couldn't justify bidding on it. Plus it would have been torture to refrain from opening the wax packs!

I've been tempted by an empty display box for the Funny Valentine cards but I passed on it because I didn't want to open yet another collecting front.

:-\

Quote from: Monolith on May 10, 2012, 10:16:25 AM
I love those Mars Attacks cards!  I can't believe I don't have any of those after all these years.

I have a whopping total of only nine. Here they are:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/04-06-2012111958PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/04-06-2012112001PM.jpg)

I have these four booklets issued in the late eighties by Pocket Comics as well:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/04-06-2012112005PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/04-06-2012112007PM.jpg)

One booklet for each of the first 54 cards in the set was planned, but the endeavour was sadly curtailed after the first four booklets.

:(

Nice Mars Attacks cards! I remember those booklets, I think I have one of them packed away somewhere.

Quote from: Hepcat on June 05, 2012, 10:13:58 AM
I have a whopping total of only nine. Here they are:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/04-06-2012111958PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/04-06-2012112001PM.jpg)

I have these four booklets issued in the late eighties by Pocket Comics as well:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/04-06-2012112005PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/04-06-2012112007PM.jpg)

One booklet for each of the first 54 cards in the set was planned, but the endeavour was sadly curtailed after the first four booklets.

:(

Is the art inside the booklets cool?

Yes, it's nicely executed line art on very good quality newsprint perhaps even better than that used in the DC Archive hardcover books. The art is gaudy and gory and all around pleasing to the eye. Rather curiously, different artists are featured in each volume. John Hebert drew #1 and #4, Bruce Spaulding Fuller #2 and John Green #3.

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Quote from: Hepcat on June 07, 2012, 09:05:41 PM
Yes, it's nicely executed line art on very good quality newsprint perhaps even better than that used in the DC Archive hardcover books. The art is gaudy and gory and all around pleasing to the eye. Rather curiously, different artists are featured in each volume. John Hebert drew #1 and #4, Bruce Spaulding Fuller #2 and John Green #3.

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I might have to snag a set

There's a new book coming out on Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks Book (http://www.amazon.com/Mars-Attacks-The-Topps-Company/dp/1419704095/ref=pd_rhf_cr_shvl24?tag=vglnk-c25-20)

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Quote from: Hepcat on June 11, 2012, 12:24:23 PM
There's a new book coming out on Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks Book (http://www.amazon.com/Mars-Attacks-The-Topps-Company/dp/1419704095/ref=pd_rhf_cr_shvl24?tag=vglnk-c25-20)

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I just seen that the other day. I think I'll have to purchase it.

A no-brainer at that price!!

Here are scans of some of my 1962 York Peanut Butter Dinosaur cards:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/17-07-2012112824PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/17-07-2012112829PM.jpg)

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Never seen those before, Hep. Pretty cool.
Here are a few of my 007 cards. I bought these back in the day.  :)

(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5089/uma007a.jpg)
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9717/uma007b.jpg)

Hepcat posted some of the OL cards awhile back, but I thought it would interesting to crop some close-ups...

(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1033/umaolclose4.jpg)

(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2669/umaolclose2.jpg)

(http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/1292/umaolclose1.jpg)

(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3337/umaolclose6.jpg)

Quote from: dlhenderson on July 22, 2012, 10:31:18 AM
Here are a few of my 007 cards. I bought these back in the day.  :)

And they're still in really nice condition!

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A number of years ago I swapped some 007 duplicates for some Outer Limits cards. I was intrigued because the OL cards didn't seem to have been distributed in my area when they were produced; otherwise I would have been all over 'em (!). I don't have a complete set of either, but a nice sampling.

I've only got a couple of these space cards...
The Mercury one is slightly off-register.
What's up with the "Life on Other Planets"? Are they ectoplasmic?

(http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/497/umaspacecard2.jpg)
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7568/umaspacecard1.jpg)

Here are more pictures of some of my cards from the fabled Topps "You'll Die Laughing" set from 1959 that featured Jack Davis artwork:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AYoullDieLaughing-1.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/04-12-201284652PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/04-12-201284655PM.jpg)

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Topps in 1963 issued a set of 153 Monster Midgees. These were packaged as three card panels which measured out to  2 1/2" X 4 11/16". Here's a picture of one of these panels that I lifted off the net:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Midgees.jpg)

Topps then took 66 of these images and released them in the standard card size as the Monster Laffs set in cellophane wrappers in 1966-67.  Here are scans of some of the cards from my Monster Laffs set:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/29-12-201224915PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/29-12-201224921PM.jpg)

Since they were issued in cellophane wrappers, no proper wax wrapper exists.

cl:)

Here are a couple of cards from my Leaf Spook Stories set featuring Godzilla:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/29-12-201224908PM.jpg)

Interesting that the second of these cards seems to be a shot from the "King Kong versus Godzilla" movie which was released in 1962. But these Spook Stories cards came out in 1961.

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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/barnabus/023.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/barnabus/024.jpg)  A few of my cards and wrappers

I just got hold of some Creature Features/You'll Die Laughing cards, the 1973 issue, from Ebay.  Every so often I'll find a small lot that seems affordable and I'll pick it up.  It takes me right back to the 70's, when a bunch of the kids in the neighborhood had them.  They were so commonplace then, people just left them lying around (!).

A long time ago I asked some people here about the "Baseball Monsters" sticker cards from around 1974.  My question was answered but I forgot what the name of this thing was?  They were stickers, 5 or 6 to a pack, featuring baseball player characters designed more or less like Big Daddy Roth creatures.  It wasn't later than 1975, for sure.  Anyone have these things?

You're talking about the Baseball Super Freaks which Donruss issued in 1973. Here's a picture of them that I lifted off the net:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Baseball.jpg)

I don't think I have any of those, but I have a complete set of the Baseball Weird-Ohs that Fleer issued in 1966 which I posted on this page:

http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=13334.90 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=13334.90)

I also have a mess of the Leaf Awesome All-Stars from 1988 and Leaf Baseball's Greatest Grossouts from 1989.

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I have some of the football super freaks around here, don't see those as often.

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Yeah, yeah!  Thank you for the info on these!  That's them, the Baseball Super Freaks.  There are a few of these available on Ebay.  I ordered a couple of 'em and they arrived yesterday...really neat stuff.

Quote from: Hepcat on December 05, 2012, 02:36:10 PMHere are more pictures of some of my cards from the fabled Topps "You'll Die Laughing" set from 1959 that featured Jack Davis artwork:

Here is a picture that I lifted off the net of the promo sheet that Topps used to market the original Funny Monsters/You'll Die Laughing cards to retailers in 1959:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/JackDavis5.jpg)

Quote from: neonnoodle on January 13, 2013, 12:12:15 PMI just got hold of some Creature Features/You'll Die Laughing cards, the 1973 issue, from Ebay.

Here are scans from my 1973 Creature Features set:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-01-2013104410PM-1.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-01-2013104433PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-01-2013104436PM.jpg)

And here are scans from my 1980 Creature Features set:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-01-2013104439PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-01-2013104442PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-01-2013104446PM.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-01-2013104449PM.jpg)

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Î just got a few ackermonster's classicards. Does anybody collect these cards and know where I can find more ? Or have an interest in them for themselves.

Quote from: Monolith on May 15, 2011, 02:30:21 AM
I've got a bunch of these Toho monster cards. They're small and printed on thick card stock. I think they're from the '80's.

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3705.jpg)

They came in paper envelopes that look like this...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3706.jpg)

I have these as well. they are awesome. small and great quality. good to see another person who got into these. wish there was more info on them. I always assumed they were japanese imports, thats about it.

Quote from: Hepcat on January 14, 2013, 10:35:35 AM
You're talking about the Baseball Super Freaks which Donruss issued in 1973. Here's a picture of them that I lifted off the net:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/Baseball.jpg)

I don't think I have any of those, but I have a complete set of the Baseball Weird-Ohs that Fleer issued in 1966 which I posted on this page:

http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=13334.90 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=13334.90)

I also have a mess of the Leaf Awesome All-Stars from 1988 and Leaf Baseball's Greatest Grossouts from 1989.

:-\

I have a few full sets of these.
they are awesome. really brings back my childhood.

Topps released a set of Universal Monster cards in 1994. Here are scans of the chase cards I have from this set:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-04-201381259PM_zpsa428a744.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%202/15-04-201381259PM_zpsa428a744.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-04-201381307PM_zps4646541f.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%202/15-04-201381307PM_zps4646541f.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-04-201381241PM_zpscc0ecbf3.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%202/15-04-201381241PM_zpscc0ecbf3.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-04-201381250PM_zps25c4ac26.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%202/15-04-201381250PM_zps25c4ac26.jpg.html)

hmjfym

Quote from: Hepcat on April 16, 2013, 10:19:49 AM
Topps released a set of Universal Monster cards in 1994. Here are scans of the chase cards I have from this set:

Chase cards.........How long did it take you to catch them!?  Ba-dum-bump!

I really like these Insult Postcards that Topps issued in 1966:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/01-06-201393929PM_zps8efebf66.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/01-06-201393929PM_zps8efebf66.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/01-06-201393935PM_zps5f559c9c.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/01-06-201393935PM_zps5f559c9c.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/02-06-201325700PM_zps07eaaccc.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/02-06-201325700PM_zps07eaaccc.jpg.html)

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Quote from: Hepcat on June 03, 2013, 10:45:52 AM
I really like these Insult Postcards that Topps issued in 1966:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/01-06-201393929PM_zps8efebf66.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/01-06-201393929PM_zps8efebf66.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/01-06-201393935PM_zps5f559c9c.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/01-06-201393935PM_zps5f559c9c.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/02-06-201325700PM_zps07eaaccc.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/02-06-201325700PM_zps07eaaccc.jpg.html)

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Those are really cool. Hepcat, do you have any of the Topps Ugly Buttons from around '67?

No, sadly I have none of those.

:(

Those Insults Postcards are great.

I just got twenty five Monster Laffs cards at the flea market for cheap. Here's some of them...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/new%20album/IMG_8140_zpsb88a65e4.jpg) (http://s853.photobucket.com/user/monolith_06/media/new%20album/IMG_8140_zpsb88a65e4.jpg.html)

Here's some more of them...

(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/new%20album/IMG_8139_zpsc4a1a173.jpg) (http://s853.photobucket.com/user/monolith_06/media/new%20album/IMG_8139_zpsc4a1a173.jpg.html)

Cheap anything is good, but cheap Monster Laffs cards are great!

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Leaf released these wild Awesome All-Stars cards in 1988:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/19-08-201385655PM_zpsa5875a86.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/19-08-201385655PM_zpsa5875a86.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/19-08-201385658PM_zps6bd026db.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/19-08-201385658PM_zps6bd026db.jpg.html)

Some came with snazzy puzzle backs:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/22-08-201373101PM_zpse8f990c7.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/22-08-201373101PM_zpse8f990c7.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/22-08-201373106PM_zps6e778c57.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/22-08-201373106PM_zps6e778c57.jpg.html)

They were availablee in three different wrappers:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/19-08-201385701PM_zpsd5865647.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/19-08-201385701PM_zpsd5865647.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/19-08-201385704PM_zps345accc6.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/19-08-201385704PM_zps345accc6.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/19-08-201385706PM_zpsb3524767.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/19-08-201385706PM_zpsb3524767.jpg.html)

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Great stuff as always Hep! I appreciate the all stars a lot more seeing them like that up close.

Here are some of the more interesting monster card things in my collection:

Frankenstein stickers:

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc238/matthewkirscht/Untitled-1x_zps77083af4.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/matthewkirscht/media/Untitled-1x_zps77083af4.jpg.html)(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc238/matthewkirscht/Untitled-2x_zps2fd0ee4d.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/matthewkirscht/media/Untitled-2x_zps2fd0ee4d.jpg.html)

Uncut sheet of Shock Theater cards:

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc238/matthewkirscht/IMG_0167_zps17364c6a.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/matthewkirscht/media/IMG_0167_zps17364c6a.jpg.html)

2 of the unreleased Wolverton Ugly Hang Ups

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc238/matthewkirscht/IMG_0166_zpsffaf1727.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/matthewkirscht/media/IMG_0166_zpsffaf1727.jpg.html)

And the 1959 5¢ Funny Monsters Box (repost from another thread)

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc238/matthewkirscht/funnymonstersx_zpsd410e2f3.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/matthewkirscht/media/funnymonstersx_zpsd410e2f3.jpg.html)

Quote from: shiverbones on August 26, 2013, 05:04:05 PM
Here are some of the more interesting monster card things in my collection:

Frankenstein stickers:

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc238/matthewkirscht/Untitled-1x_zps77083af4.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/matthewkirscht/media/Untitled-1x_zps77083af4.jpg.html)

Wow! I really like the Frankenstein Stickers but all I have is the wrapper. The actual stickers are both elusive and expensive. Kids used them up sticking them on lockers and binders.

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Quote from: shiverbones on August 26, 2013, 05:06:03 PM
Uncut sheet of Shock Theater cards:

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc238/matthewkirscht/IMG_0167_zps17364c6a.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/matthewkirscht/media/IMG_0167_zps17364c6a.jpg.html)

Are those the U.K. Shock Theater cards or the American Shock Theatre cards?

???

Those are the american versions of the cards, there are two sets on the sheet but i could never cut it down.

The frankenstein stickers have cost me $6 to $70, with most being around 30. Thats the most i have ever had at one time. Its my favorite monster set but yeah they never come up for sale.

Quote from: shiverbones on August 26, 2013, 05:06:03 PM
And the 1959 5¢ Funny Monsters Box (repost from another thread)

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc238/matthewkirscht/funnymonstersx_zpsd410e2f3.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/matthewkirscht/media/funnymonstersx_zpsd410e2f3.jpg.html)

That box is both gorgeous and wild cool! I take it the cards as well as the box are vintage and not reprints.

???

Yeah they are  original. I got really lucky on the box, it was listed as a buy it now and i happened to see it right when it listed.

That Jack Davis You'll Die Laughing card set was the first monster card set, and IMO the best monster card set. Many great sets came after it but none reached that level of excellence. Many may favor the Mars Attacks set, but that's my opinion I'm stickin' to it.

Quote from: horrorhunter on August 27, 2013, 01:30:04 PMThat Jack Davis You'll Die Laughing card set was the first monster card set, and IMO the best monster card set. Many great sets came after it but none reached that level of excellence.

I agree. In fact, the "You'll Die Laughing" set may be the single greatest card set of any sort!

:)

Quote from: Hepcat on August 27, 2013, 01:39:16 PMI agree. In fact, the "You'll Die Laughing" set may be the single greatest card set of any sort! :)

I third the motion -- for me it was the first monster "toy"!

Quote from: shiverbones on August 26, 2013, 05:04:05 PM
Here are some of the more interesting monster card things in my collection:
Frankenstein stickers:

Shiverbones, those stickers are amazing! And I don't remember ever seeing them as a kid. Speaking of being a kid, I recently completed my Rosan purple Terror Monsters set -- yeaaah!!

Here are scans of some of my Baseballs' Greatest Grossouts cards that Leaf issued in 1988 following up on the Awesome All-Stars cards:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/26-08-201373751PM_zpsff99221f.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/26-08-201373751PM_zpsff99221f.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/26-08-201373756PM_zps3d4e5d00.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/26-08-201373756PM_zps3d4e5d00.jpg.html)

And here are scans of the wrappers in which these cards were issued:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/26-08-201373759PM_zpsc3605a82.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/26-08-201373759PM_zpsc3605a82.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/26-08-201373801PM_zps944ac782.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/26-08-201373801PM_zps944ac782.jpg.html)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/26-08-201373809PM_zpsc151681d.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%203/26-08-201373809PM_zpsc151681d.jpg.html)

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Topps released a 132 sticker set of Monster Initial Stickers in 1974. I surmise that almost all were stuck somewhere because nice specimens are really tough to find these days. I have only the wrapper:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/15-04-201381331PM_zpsea671388.jpg)

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Quote from: shiverbones on August 26, 2013, 05:38:21 PMThe frankenstein stickers have cost me $6 to $70, with most being around 30. Thats the most i have ever had at one time. Its my favorite monster set but yeah they never come up for sale.

Have you added any Frankenstein Stickers to your collection in the past year?

Quote from: shiverbones on August 27, 2013, 08:39:36 AM(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc238/matthewkirscht/funnymonstersx_zpsd410e2f3.jpg)

I got really lucky on the box, it was listed as a buy it now and i happened to see it right when it listed.

Do you mind telling us how much you paid for the display box?

???

The Topps You'll Die Laughing card set was released before Halloween in 1959. Here are scans of a couple of the most Halloweeny cards from the set:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/b45f86fc-38bb-4f0b-8fa4-8cf28f9bf321_zpsggyy5bpc.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/716fe55f-53ba-4ee6-9c63-4a4bb133ac6c_zpszpsr9yci.jpg)

tynhrt

I file my cards in binders by subject category. Here are a few of these binders:

Jack Davis

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FunnyValentineCards.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FunnyValentines.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FunnyValentineWrappers.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/WackyPlaksCards.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AYoullDieLaughing-1.jpg)

Monsters/Horror

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OuterLimitsCards.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HammerDracula.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SpookStories.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/TerrorTales.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/TerrorTales2.jpg)

Science Fiction

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MarsAttacks.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SpaceCards-1.jpg)

Superheroes - DC

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Funnyfoldingcards.jpg)

Superheroes - Marvel & Other

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SuperHeroCards.jpg)

War & Military Stuff

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/CivilWar-1.jpg)

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Not a fan of PSA; but did find this article interesting on the 1961 Nu-Cards Horror Monsters series.

Link to article below:

http://www.psacard.com/articles/articleview/7769/psa-set-registry-1961-nu-cards-horror-monsters-card-most-extensive-vintage-monster-ever-made#.WLYZwFhlKCY.mailto (http://www.psacard.com/articles/articleview/7769/psa-set-registry-1961-nu-cards-horror-monsters-card-most-extensive-vintage-monster-ever-made#.WLYZwFhlKCY.mailto)

(http://images.collectors.com/smrweb/smr0813/1961-green-_40001_sm.jpg)

Horror Monsters is an excellent set from Nu-Cards, produced in 1961. There are a great variety of monsters represented in photos and a few illustrations with jokes on the card backs. Horror Monsters is divided into green bordered cards (1-66), and orange bordered cards (67-146). The backs of the Horror Monsters Green cards are either white or grey with red ink. The backs of the Horror Monsters Orange are gray with green ink. Here are cards 64-72 from my sets, front and back.

(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/TCHM1_zpsee911458.jpg)

(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/TCHM2_zps5f9b8bc3.jpg)


Horror Monsters Green came in 2-card panels:

(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/TCHM3_zps416b9a88.jpg)

Back:

(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/TCHM4_zps7c543585.jpg)

I still need 13 cards to finish the 66 card Green set. I finished the 80 card Orange set several years ago. Most of my monster sets I bought complete but I never found complete Horror Monsters sets for sale. It took several years to build my collection of them a few cards at a time, and I still plan to finish Horror Monsters Green at some point. I believe the Horror Monsters cards are second only to the first You'll Die Laughing (Jack Davis art) set in historical importance and coolness.  8)



http://www.monsterwax.com/horrormonstercards.html (http://www.monsterwax.com/horrormonstercards.html)


http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=26275.msg428867#msg428867 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=26275.msg428867#msg428867)

Quote from: horrorhunter on March 01, 2017, 01:35:20 PM
Horror Monsters Green came in 2-card panels:

Do you only collect the 2-card panels, or do you buy whatever you can get?

Why is the green set more rare than the orange? It usually seems like the 2nd sets are the ones with the shorter runs.

I need HM green #26 AND #40 (in nice cond.), if anybody has spares.

Quote from: Mike Scott on March 01, 2017, 03:36:30 PM
Do you only collect the 2-card panels, or do you buy whatever you can get?

Why is the green set more rare than the orange? It usually seems like the 2nd sets are the ones with the shorter runs.

I need HM green #26 AND #40 (in nice cond.), if anybody has spares.

That 2-card panel in the scan above is the only one I have. I bought that one at a good price a few years ago because I wanted one for my collection. My collection is comprised of the single cards. Those 2-card panels are usually pretty expensive so I would hate to try to put together a complete collection of them. I'm sure someone has done that, but it's someone who has a lot more money to spend on this stuff than I do.

The Green is much more scarce than the Orange except for 5 of the Green cards which are more common. I don't know why it's like that, but it is. Here's the link again with some good info on HM cards: http://www.monsterwax.com/horrormonstercards.html (http://www.monsterwax.com/horrormonstercards.html) (ignore the prices, those are out of date)

Here's the PSA article link again that jerod posted above: http://www.psacard.com/articles/articleview/7769/psa-set-registry-1961-nu-cards-horror-monsters-card-most-extensive-vintage-monster-ever-made#.WLYZwFhlKCY.mailto (http://www.psacard.com/articles/articleview/7769/psa-set-registry-1961-nu-cards-horror-monsters-card-most-extensive-vintage-monster-ever-made#.WLYZwFhlKCY.mailto)

It lists the 5 more common Green cards and further HM info.

Quote from: horrorhunter on March 01, 2017, 05:50:12 PM
My collection is comprised of the single (HM) cards.

I figured. I do see a pair once in a while, though.

Quote from: horrorhunter on March 01, 2017, 05:50:12 PM
The Green is much more scarce than the Orange except for 5 of the Green cards which are more common.

Yeah, those are on ebay all the time.

The single best publication I've ever encountered on monster and other non-sport trading cards is The Wrapper which Les Davis has been publishing since 1978:

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Wrapper%202_zpsemoy58u5.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Wrapper%201_zpszn9jrg5t.jpg)

I just renewed my subscription earlier this month. Here's the website:

The Wrapper Magazine (http://www.thewrappermagazine.com/)

cl:)

Here is the very cool Funny Travel Poster #13 from the collection of Freddie Poe:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Topps_zpsruakjfvc.jpg)

It was part of a 24 poster set issued by Topps in 1967 although it's possible that the set was again reissued in the seventies. Each poster is 9 3/4" X 18 1/2" with artwork that appears to be by Wally Wood.

cl:)

Classic monsters will never die...

Remember those COOL horror monster cards back to the early sixties, aka Nu-Cards (1961) green and orange borders and Jack Davis Funny Monsters (You'll Die Laughing) from 1959... wouldn't be nice a new classic horror monsters & sci-fi trading cards set that would cover the early 1920's up to today...

These (virtual) reproductions serve only as a FAN page of classic horror, sci-fi, fantasy & b-movies films and are exclusively dedicated to all those 'Classic Monsters' fans (young and old) around the world...

NO COMMERCIAL ISSUE...

Classic Monsters Never Die!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/From-the-Ghoulden-Age-of-Classic-Monsters-of-the-Silver-Screen-and-beyond-502957166400303/ (https://www.facebook.com/From-the-Ghoulden-Age-of-Classic-Monsters-of-the-Silver-Screen-and-beyond-502957166400303/)

On Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/forclassicmonstercardsfan/ (https://www.instagram.com/forclassicmonstercardsfan/)

Also on Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.ca/fanofclassichorrormonstercards/forclassicmonstercardsfan/classic-monsters/ (https://www.pinterest.ca/fanofclassichorrormonstercards/forclassicmonstercardsfan/classic-monsters/)

Welcome to the UMA, Bruce!

That's a hell of an image collection you've got going, there!   :)

Thanks ! I'll look forward doing it very shortly...

Quote from: Hepcat on May 24, 2011, 11:02:02 AMTopps in 1963 issued the 153 card Monster Laffs Midgees set. The cards though were only a third the size of regular cards as they were issued three cards to a 2 1/2" X 4 11/16" panel with each card separated by perforations that could be broken apart.

Here are pictures of the wrapper and of the display box that I just found on the net:

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Monster%20Midgees%20wrapper%202_zpsrpyapngk.jpg)

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Monster%20Midgees%20box_zpsnj1xxl5c.jpg)

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Odd Rods, monsters in car stickers... how could any kid resist!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190608/fd5b9207f8171b3ffbb029a76d8d8ef2.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190608/da1789e2a36159f792b5636920e71f2f.jpg)

Quote from: Hepcat on April 24, 2011, 01:02:20 PM
Topps issued this wonderful 88 card Space Cards set in 1957:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SpaceCards-1.jpg)

It was also made available in backs labelled Target: Moon in 1958. Both backs were blue but I've never come across an adequate explanation of why the set came out under two titles.

Half the set was reissued under the Target: Moon title in Topps Fun Packs in 1967-68 but with backs variously termed pink or salmon. These are quite tough to find.

To add to the confusion, there are three different back colour and card stock variants:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Target_Moon.jpg)

Top: Ink - Tomato; Card Stock - Navajo White

Middle: Ink - Coral; Card Stock - Lemon Chiffon

Bottom: Ink - Light Coral; Card Stock - Ivory

i used this website for the colour names:

Shallowsky Color Match (https://shallowsky.com/colormatch/index.php)

So looking at my two pink/salmon/coral Target: Moon cards:

(https://d28lcup14p4e72.cloudfront.net/220100/7832938/Target%20Moon%20pink%2018b.jpg)

(https://d28lcup14p4e72.cloudfront.net/220100/7832940/Target%20Moon%20pink%2068b.jpg)

My #18 looks to be the light coral variant while my #68 looks to be the coral variant.

But I don't think I'll try to collect the set in all three back colour variants. I'll content myself with a mixed set.

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(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/81609-5802878Fr_o48mybEvwik8fh2BuaoAVe.jpg) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/81609-5802878Bk_4AwfGGgx8CvFNeDzPNQkQy.jpg)

Hey, it'll be Halloween in just over a week!

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